Legal Opinion

Woolery v. Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co.

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided September 17, 1886No. 12,623PublishedCited by 43 opinions

From the Washington Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.

This was an action by the administrator of Andrew H. Woolery, deceased, against the railway company above named, to recover damages for the benefit of the widow and children of the deceased, for negligently causing the intestate’s death.

The complaint was in four paragraphs. In each paragraph it is charged that the deceased was a passenger on one of the defendant’s freight trains, going from Bloomington to Harrodsburg, in Monroe county. While being so carried, it is alleged that the lumber on a fiat car immediately preceding the caboose, in which the decedent was seated, became loose,, *383and…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Stokes v. SaltonstallSupreme Court of the United States · 1839
  2. Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis Railroad v. NewellIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
  3. Pennsylvania Co. v. MarionIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
  4. Toledo & Wabash Railway Co. v. GoddardIndiana Supreme Court · 1865
  5. Binford v. JohnstonIndiana Supreme Court · 1882

13 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

3Cited by43 opinions

  1. City of Teree Haute v. HudnutIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
  2. Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. LockeIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
  3. D. Cleghorn v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1901
  4. Cleveland, Etc., Railway Co. v. MoneyhunIndiana Supreme Court · 1896
  5. Conner v. Citizens' Street RailroadIndiana Supreme Court · 1896

38 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API